UTILITARIANISM

Question 1

_________ is a theory of morality that supports actions that foster happiness or pleasure

Answer 1

Utilitarianism

Question 2

It opposes actions that cause unhappiness or harm

Answer 2

Utilitarianism

Question 3

________ would advocate that an action is right if it results in the happiness of the greatest number of people in a society or a group.

Answer 3

Utilitarianism

Question 4

UTILITARIANISM IS A TRADITION OF ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY THAT’S ASSOCIATED TWO BRITISH PHILOSOPHERS, ECONOMISTS, AND POLITICAL THINKERS. Who are they?

Answer 4

JEREMY BENTHAM
JOHN STURAT MILL

Question 5

__________ is a branch of utilitarianism that was developed from the work of Jeremy Bentham.

Answer 5

Quantitative utilitarianism

Question 6

Quantitative utilitarianism is a branch of utilitarianism that was developed from the work of __________.

Answer 6

Jeremy Bentham

Question 7

___________ is a branch of utilitarianism that arosefrom the work of John Stuart Mill.

Answer 7

Qualitative utilitarianism

Question 8

Qualitative utilitarianism is a branch of utilitarianism that arosefrom the work of ______________.

Answer 8

John Stuart Mill

Question 9

_________ categorize pleasures and pains more qualitatively depending on the
level of their consequences, and hey disregard any quantifiable proof of their importance.

Answer 9

Qualitative utilitarians

Question 10

________ focus on utility
maximization, maximizing the overall happiness of everyone.

Answer 10

Quantitative utilitarians

Question 11

DESCRIBES HIS “GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE” IN “INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION,
“A 1789 PUBLICATION.

Answer 11

JEREMY BENTHAM

Question 12

HE WROTE, “NATURE HAS PLACED MANKIND UNDER THE GOVERNANCE OF TWO SOVEREIGN MASTERS, PAIN AND PLEASURE. IT IS FOR THEM ALONE TO POINT OUT WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO, AS
WELL AS TO DETERMINE WHAT WE SHALL DO. “

Answer 12

JEREMY BENTHAM

Question 13

HE HAD MANY YEARS TO ABSORB AND REFLECT ON JEREMY BENTHAM’S THOUGHTS ON UTILITARIANISM BY THE
TIME HE PUBLISHED HIS WORK, “UTILITARIANISM, “ IN 1863.

Answer 13

JOHN STUART MILL

Question 14

BENTHAM’S UTILITARIANISM IS OFTEN CALLED __________.

Answer 14

QUANTITATIVE UTILITARIANISM

Question 15

HE BELIEVED THAT HAPPINESS COULD BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF PLEASURE AND PAIN

Answer 15

JEREMY BENTHAM’S MANTRA /THOUGHTS
ABOUT UTILITATIANISM:

Question 16

“YOU MIGHT ACT IN YOUR OWN
SELF-INTEREST, BUT YOU ALSO
MIGHT ACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
OTHERS” WHO SAID THIS?

Answer 16

JOHN STUART MILL

Question 17

THIS PRINCIPLE GUIDES ETHICAL DECISIONS BY MAXIMIZING OVERALL HAPPINESS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE, CONSIDERING NOT JUST THE
QUANTITY BUT THE QUALITY OF HAPPINESS.

Answer 17

JOHN STUART MILL

Question 18

Pleasure or happiness is the only thing that has intrinsic value.

Answer 18

JOHN STUART MILL’S UTILITARIANISM

Question 19

Actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they promote unhappiness.

Answer 19

JOHN STUART MILL’S UTILITARIANISM

Question 20

Everyone’s happiness counts equally

Answer 20

JOHN STUART MILL’S UTILITARIANISM

Question 21

A ________ is someone who holds the beliefs of utilitarianism

Answer 21

utilitarian

Question 22

These people might be described as cold and calculating, practical,
and perhaps even selfish because they mayseek their own pleasure at the expense of the social good at times.

Answer 22

utilitarian

Question 23

Do what brings ________ and avoid what causes ______.

Answer 23

happiness
pain

Question 24

Right action → makes people ________.
Wrong action → causes ___ or unhappiness.

Answer 24

happy
harm

Question 25

Focused on quantity of happiness.

Answer 25

Jeremy Bentham

Question 26

His idea: Happiness can be measured by pleasure vs. pain. Known as Q__________

Answer 26

Jeremy Bentham uantitative Utilitarianism.

Question 27

Focused on quality of happiness.

Answer 27

John Stuart MilL